Cave Story is the classic indie metroidvania game that costs $14.99. While it's been around for a while now, its gotten several updates, and its timelessness warrants a place on every metroidvania fan's play list.

Cave Story is the classic indie metroidvania game that costs $14.99. While it's been around for a while now, its gotten several updates, and its timelessness warrants a place on every metroidvania fan's play list.

User can upgrade their armor and weapon through earning loot drops from enemies or digging. The earned cash allows one to purchase upgrades that help the player advance in the increasingly difficult game.

Players can risk destroying checkpoints for loot, which means if one does die after destroying their checkpoints they will have to start from the beginning of the stage. Basically this is a gambling system that can pay off or cause a crushing blow.

SpeedRunners is an intense race around a 2d course. The camera follows the player in the lead, so if you get too far behind you will go off the screen and instantly die. To stay in the lead you will need to dodge obstacles, use a grappling hook to move faster and intelligently use power-ups.

The game is balances up in a way where it's naturally harder for the player in front to see upcoming obstacles, giving players behind great opportunities to get back ahead. This makes the game fun to keep playing in a group as you're unlikely to keep losing to the one over-competitive frie...

You can get up to speed in just a few minutes as the controls are very simple to learn, but the game still has plenty of depth, as mastering when to use different skills on different levels keeps it fresh.

Spelunky is an open-source procedurally generated 2D roguelike platformer that costs $14.99. Co-op: 2-4 local co-op, shared screen. The gameplay consists of randomly generated worlds where the player is tasked with exploring without dying, of which will happen quite often due to the roguelike mechanics of the game.

Being that Spelunky is at its heart a roguelike the gameplay sessions can tend to be quick as the player will die quite often. This makes for something that can be played in quick bursts throughout the day. the convenient saving also lends to this as a game that is still ongoing can be quickly sav...

Spelunky is an open-source procedurally generated 2D roguelike platformer that costs $14.99. Co-op: 2-4 local co-op, shared screen. The gameplay consists of randomly generated worlds where the player is tasked with exploring without dying, of which will happen quite often due to the roguelike mechanics of the game.

Super Meat Boy is an indie platforming game that focuses on difficulty. The gameplay consists of controlling a 2D meat blob and platforming ones way to their mate.. As the levels progress so does the difficulty. Often the player is going to die over and over again to finally be able to complete a level.

Super Meat Boy is an indie platforming game that focuses on difficulty. The gameplay consists of controlling a 2D meat blob and platforming ones way to their mate.. As the levels progress so does the difficulty. Often the player is going to die over and over again to finally be able to complete a level.

Thomas Was Alone is a minimalist indie puzzle platformer that costs $9.99. The mechanics of the game are quite simple where the player takes control of different sized squares/rectangles characters in a 2D environment. Each character is able to jump a certain height, which limits where they are able to traverse. by combining the characters abilities though swapping out control of each character the player is able to advance through the level.

What really drives the well crafted story home is the wonderful narration done by British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television, Danny Wallace. Not many indie small budget games receive the polish this game has in their voice acting, which really adds to the exp...

Thomas Was Alone is a minimalist indie puzzle platformer that costs $9.99. The mechanics of the game are quite simple where the player takes control of different sized squares/rectangles characters in a 2D environment. Each character is able to jump a certain height, which limits where they are able to traverse. by combining the characters abilities though swapping out control of each character the player is able to advance through the level.

VVVVVV is an indie puzzle platformer that costs $4.99. The gameplay consists of 2D platforming but with a twist where there is no jump button, instead the player is tasked with changing the gravity in the level in order to have the character fall in the opposite direction to the other side of the stage. It is through this gravity mechanic that the player can traverse each level trying to reach the end.

VVVVVV is very reminiscent of a game one would find for the Atari or Commodore 64 in that the graphics are simple, but the gameplay is anything but as it plays like nothing one would have found back then. It is fast paced and very precise, also extremely tough.

The main mechanic in the game is that the player can switch the gravity in any level allowing the character to flip from the bottom of the screen to the top. This is used in an ingenious way in order to solve puzzles and avoid hazards throughout each level.

VVVVVV is an indie puzzle platformer that costs $4.99. The gameplay consists of 2D platforming but with a twist where there is no jump button, instead the player is tasked with changing the gravity in the level in order to have the character fall in the opposite direction to the other side of the stage. It is through this gravity mechanic that the player can traverse each level trying to reach the end.

Dustforce DX is a cross platform platformer where a janitor is tasked with cleaning up the city that costs $9.99. Dustforce is a 2D platforming game where fast response times are necessary with gameplay that consists the player choosing one of four characters on the Dustforce team, each with their own abilities and maneuvers. It is through using these characters in the right situations that the player will progress in the game.

Sadly the multiplayer aspect of Dustforce is local only. For PC gaming to exclude online multiplayer (when there are multiplayer modes) is an odd choice as the platform lends itself better to online play more so than sharing a single monitor.

Dustforce DX is a cross platform platformer where a janitor is tasked with cleaning up the city that costs $9.99. Dustforce is a 2D platforming game where fast response times are necessary with gameplay that consists the player choosing one of four characters on the Dustforce team, each with their own abilities and maneuvers. It is through using these characters in the right situations that the player will progress in the game.

Movement is very fluid in the game and works very well, which is needed for a platformer. It is fun jumping around and there are no consequences when falling too far, so it allows for plenty of experimenting on where one can travel in a level.

Trine as a platformer is very unchallenging. The bulk of the game's challenge comes from getting to collectibles, and solving puzzles -- which are often the same thing. The game will be very easy to finish for a platformer player of almost any level.

There are 4 different soldiers the player can use on each time rewind playthrough, each with their own weapon. As the player has more and more team mates on screen the soldier needed for the next point that has not yet been passed may be specific to their weapon. This creates a need for a bit of p...

The story for Super Time Force Ultra consists of the main characters going back in time to alter events in history, the twist being that most of the reasons to do so are petty and selfish. This give the game a pretty light hearted tone that is laugh out loud funny at times.

The co-op in Super Time Force Ultra is actually only single player where in the player co-ops with themself by rewinding time and then playing that time over with what are now two players on the screen.

FEZ goes beyond just being a great puzzle platformer. It also has a very clever storyline and game world with a mysterious bygone civilization that fits perfectly with the mysterious puzzles of the game.

Braid is a cross platform puzzle platformer that uses time manipulation as a core game mechanic that costs $9.99. The gameplay consists of basic platforming but with a twist of time control, where the player can reverse time in order to redo a mistake as well as use it to solve puzzles. It is through this time mechanic that the majority of obstacles will be overcome.

On the outset Braid looks like any other platformer but once any time is spent with the game users soon find that the puzzles are deviously difficult forcing users to think outside of the box and even time itself.

Braid is a cross platform puzzle platformer that uses time manipulation as a core game mechanic that costs $9.99. The gameplay consists of basic platforming but with a twist of time control, where the player can reverse time in order to redo a mistake as well as use it to solve puzzles. It is through this time mechanic that the majority of obstacles will be overcome.